clipping

Other forms of clipping

plural

clippings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clipping

What does clipping mean?

clipping means "an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clipping?

clipping has 2 syllables: clip-ping. The stress falls on "clip". In IPA it is /ˈklɪpɪŋ/.

What is another word for clipping?

Close synonyms include newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting, trim. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clipping a common word?

clipping is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.